Author: Andreas St.
Date: 15:22:55 02/12/01
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On February 12, 2001 at 18:14:33, John Merlino wrote: >On February 12, 2001 at 18:12:23, Andreas St. wrote: > >>On February 12, 2001 at 18:08:02, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On February 12, 2001 at 17:52:22, Andreas St. wrote: >>> >>>>On February 12, 2001 at 17:40:42, John Merlino wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 12, 2001 at 17:37:53, Andreas St. wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On February 12, 2001 at 17:23:49, John Merlino wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On February 12, 2001 at 17:20:26, Andreas St. wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On February 12, 2001 at 15:51:23, John Merlino wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>The Chessmaster 8000 patch is finally up on our website (www.chessmaster.com). >>>>>>>>>Just click on the "Downloads" button to get to the patch link. Also note that >>>>>>>>>there is a completely updated and expanded FAQ, which you can read by going to >>>>>>>>>www.chessmaster.com/faqs8000.html. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>The ReadMe for the patch is quite long, so I'm not going to post it here (unless >>>>>>>>>somebody particularly wants me to). The patch download itself is relatively very >>>>>>>>>small, compared to most games these days, only 605KB. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>I'm sure that Chessmaster will now perform as all of you hoped it would. And >>>>>>>>>hopefully the SSDF will now start testing it! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Enjoy, and many thanks to all of you who posted problems and/or helped the >>>>>>>>>development team and I find and fix them. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>jm >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>just downloaded the patch. and installed. Now chessmaster doesnt make any move >>>>>>>>anymore!!! i use any personality, i make a first move but Cm makes nothing. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Thats bullshit. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Sorry. i use Windows ME. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Greets AS >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Check to see if there is a PATCH.ERR file that the patch may have created. If >>>>>>>so, then let me know what it says.... >>>>>>> >>>>>>>jm >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Hi John, >>>>>> >>>>>>yes i have a patch.err. It says: >>>>>> >>>>>>ENTRY: Chessmaster.exe >>>>>>warning wpt0036: Old File not found. However, a file of the same name was >>>>>> found. No update done since file contents do not match >>>>>> >>>>>>I hope it can help you/me. >>>>>> >>>>>>Greets >>>>>> >>>>>>AS >>>>> >>>>>Wow, that's a major surprise. Somehow, either you got a different >>>>>CHESSMASTER.EXE file than the one that is on the CD, or your file got changed, >>>>>because your copy of that file that the patch is trying to modify is different >>>>>from what it is expecting. >>>>> >>>>>What are the specs of your Chessmaster.exe file (date, time, size, attributes, >>>>>etc.)? Is that file read-only? Where did you get your copy of the game? >>>>> >>>>>jm >>>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>I have ordered the CM 8000 from the German www.niggemann.com. >>>> >>>>The specs of my Chessmaster.exe: >>>> >>>>Date 23. Oct. 2000 >>>> >>>>1.589.273 bytes. >>>> >>>>Version 1.0.0.0 >>>> >>>>If this is a problem with german copies, what now??? >>>> >>>>Greets >>> >>>Very good question. Did your copy from niggemann.com come with a box and >>>manual?Is any of the actual program in German? If so, then this is news to the >>>development team, who is completely unaware of any non-English versions of the >>>program. The patch assumes the US-English release, as there should be no other >>>versions (as far as I'm told -- I will look into this further). >>> >>>jm >> >>Hi, >> >>the programme came from niggemann with a complete package. The programme is in >>english with a german handbook. The programme is sure original (no piracy). >> >>Greets >> >>AS > >Please e-mail me your original Chessmaster.exe, so I can forward it to the right >people so they can take a look at it. > >jm Ok, i will do so.
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